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Friends, I am so excited to introduce you to our third version of the OrganiGreens here at Organixx. This is by far my favorite and best-on-the-market green powder that is USDA Certified Organic. But more importantly, a power punch to support all of your assorted health needs, your desire to live a healthy lifestyle, your desire to be preventative and address any inflammation or oxidative stress, and just overall support your body from a deep, deep immune, gut, and cellular level.
Powerful Nutritional Profile
Let me share with you some of the amazing things that we have in the OrganiGreens. First of all, it is a very, very powerful vegan and vegetarian option for many of you who are looking for a protein blend, but do not want to have any type of animal-based product. So, just know, that you are going to get very, very powerful combination of proteins that also are aligned with amino acids so that you can absorb, assimilate, and utilize those proteins.
Support for MTHFR Gene Mutation
The other thing that’s really great is we also have added assorted nutrients like methylfolate and methyl B-12. For many of you who are aware of your assorted MTHFR gene mutation [1], that can be preventative in your detoxification process. And the lack of methylation in Bs are often what leads to a lot of illnesses and diseases. So, when you’re reaching for a good B nutrient, you want it to be in a methyl form. And so we’re going to get that in OrganiGreens.
So yay, I’m super excited about that because it allows your body to use and harness the power of Bs to re-energize your cells and to help balance your central nervous system and support your adrenal glands.
Added Enzyme Support
The other thing that I love is that we have a very robust, powerful enzyme blend, and the enzyme blend here is such that is going to help not only your body digest and assimilate all the powerful plant-based nutrients that we deliver in the greens, but it’s also going to help support your digestive process.
So, for instance, if you have GERD or indigestion, or notice that you don’t digest food well or your transit time of digestion is slowed, the enzyme blend here is so robust that it will help you and support that whole process. So, I really love that.
No Hidden or Added Sweeteners
And there’s no added sweetener. We use natural plant-based powders in the ingredients, juices – a pomegranate and raspberry – to deliver natural sweetening sweetener. So often, why I put on back on the shelf certain ingredients or certain green powders is that they have stevia or they have that weird sugar finish that tastes kind of odd and it doesn’t taste like a really good healthy smoothie.
Greens & Mushrooms Enhance the Potency
You don’t have to worry about that here with our OrganiGreens, but let’s talk about the greens that are in it. We have a robust blend of spirulina and alfalfa and purple maize, and we also have barley greens in our green powder, but we just don’t stop with the greens. We also add in the functional mushrooms. So, we go a step further by even further enhancing the potency, the nutritional power, and the healing power of the green powder.
So, you’re going to find turkey tail, you’re going to find reishi and shiitake in a fermented form, which makes it more bioavailable. And then we also add in a little licorice and some slippery elm. Which I love for digestive challenges. It’s very soothing, very coating, it’s very supportive of the mucosal lining. And then we finish with kelp and a raspberry juice powder.
Great Way to Start the Day & Avoid Energy Lulls
This is so fantastic, and what you’re going to find is if you start your day with… let’s just say you make an OrganiGreens super protein shake, you could simply add the greens to any of your nut milks or whatever you’re using like a kefir. But if you added in your regular mix of chia seeds and some flax seeds and even add in our collagen, I would recommend adding in our collagen powder, too. Throw in a banana and maybe some berries. That is a power punch of nutrition, and you’re going to feel so great.
You’re not going to have a mid-morning or mid-afternoon lull, and you can rest assured that all the nutrients are supporting your wellness desires. Meaning you’re reducing your antioxidant levels, you are supporting your liver and your detox function. You are enhancing your body’s nutrient intake via enzymes and amino acids and a very powerful and clean protein. So, you’re supporting all aspects of your body in this amazing powder pack.
So, I’m excited to introduce this to you in version 3.0. It is by far the best powder that you are going to find on the market in the green powder space, and I hope you grab your powder today, and I can’t wait to hear all about the assorted smoothies and mixes that you use and even bake with this.
So, make sure you grab one of our powder packs. Just one scoop is all you need a day, and I cannot wait to hear all your success stories and how much you love it. We love it here at Organixx, and I’m so excited to introduce this for our Organixx team.
The latest formula of Organic OrganiGreens is our best yet. In just one simple scoop, add 17 sprouted and fermented superfoods and botanicals, plus probiotics and enzymes, to your daily diet to fill nutritional gaps and support healthy immune function, increased energy and mental clarity, as well as digestion and detoxification processes. Easily mixes in water, smoothies, juices, and recipes, and it also tastes great – even without any added sugars.
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One of the submissions in the Ask The Doctor series comes from one of our viewers. They say, “Hello. I would like to try your 7M, but I have Candida and have been told to avoid mushrooms. How do you feel about that?”
Well, that is a wonderful question and it’s actually a common misconception that if you are dealing with Candida, or if you consume functional medicinal mushrooms, that that will create a greater overgrowth of Candida. And I’m here to set the record straight that that is totally false.
The Opposite Effect, Actually
So mushrooms, while they’re in the fungi kind of kingdom, mushrooms are not mold, and mushrooms are not yeast. And those are two things that can contribute to the overgrowth of Candida or the development of Candida within your body.
So with that being said, mushrooms, functional mushrooms, categorically these are going to be mushrooms like shiitake, maitake, turkey tail, we’re going to see chaga in this category, as well as an assortment of other commonly consumed mushrooms that have polyspores as a part of their fruiting body. And basically, what that means is that is how we as humans would consume these fungi mushroom combinations in our daily diet or in supplemental form.
So while they’re polysporic, that does not lead to enhancing Candida overgrowth or causes Candida overgrowth. What that does, actually, is protects our body, protects our immune system, and helps the body fight Candida or yeast overgrowth or an over overwhelm of this unhealthy bacterial balance.
Functional Mushrooms Ward off Candida Overgrowth
So, I hope I’ve kind of allayed your concerns and addressed this common misconception that mushrooms, functional mushrooms specifically, have a powerful benefit for anybody who’s dealing with Candida. And when you consume the blend that we have here available in the 7M+, this has all of the right functional mushrooms to support your immune state, to help your body ward off a Candida overgrowth, and to help minimize the overwhelm of Candida systemically within your body.
So, I hope that’s helpful. I hope you’ll click on the link down below and order 7M+ today because it’s so wonderful for your overall immune state. It’s really wonderful for supporting stress management, supporting optimal brain function and rejuvenation of your brain cells, as well as provides your body with an assortment of micronutrients and minerals and even peptides that can be highly beneficial with your body optimized or working in an optimized state. So, I hope that is helpful.
Mold, mold is something you definitely want to avoid, but that is not what you’re going to find when you’re consuming wonderful functional mushrooms. So, I hope that’s helpful.
7 Mushrooms from Organixx contains 7 of nature’s most powerful mushrooms for anti-aging, longevity, and immune support. Using centuries-old knowledge of the power of nutritional mushrooms and our breakthrough new formulation process we’ve unleashed the power of mushrooms in a way never before done.
Fun fact… did you know that as members of the kingdom of fungi, mushrooms are more closely related to animals (including people) than they are to plants [1]! This could be one reason why certain types of fungi are so beneficial for human health. One of the best health-promoting mushrooms is turkey tail, which is a beloved medicinal mushroom in both ancient and modern Chinese and Japanese traditions.
Turkey tail mushroom (also known as Trametes versicolor, Coriolus versicolor, and Polyporus versicolor) is so named because of its appearance. The colorful stripes on the outer edge of this frilly mushroom look very much like the tail feathers on a turkey. In Japan, they are known as kawaratake, which means “cloud mushrooms.”
Like maitake mushrooms, turkey tail is a polypore mushroom. What this means is that unlike the typical mushrooms which contain a button cap and gills, turkey tail mushrooms are bracket mushrooms that grow on tree trunks.
Fungi are organisms that absorb their nutrients from decomposing organic matter. Trametes versicolor particularly favor growing on dead trees, branches, and stumps which provide them with the specific growing environment in which they flourish.
Turkey Tail Is an Adaptogen
Turkey tail mushrooms are considered an adaptogen in herbal medicine, which means that they work to balance many aspects of health. They provide support against stressors of all kinds. They are also immunomodulatory, which means that they modulate the function of the immune system.
If the immune system is under-reacting, adaptogens will boost certain aspects of it, and if it is over-reacting, adaptogens help to calm it down. Adaptogens have many other health benefits such as anti-stress, anti-fatigue, anti-depressant, and anti-anxiety, to name just a few [2].
Turkey Tail Is a Common Cancer Therapy in Asia
Medicinal mushrooms such as turkey tail contain polysaccharides called alpha-glucans and beta-glucans. It is the beta-glucans that have been so well-studied and identified as being the primary source of biological activity.
“Polysaccharide” means “many sugars” but they are beneficial sugars bound to protein, and they work in the body in a number of ways. The specifically studied polysaccharides in turkey tail are Polysaccharide-K (PSK), also known by the Krestin, and Polysaccharide-Peptide (PSP).
We have an abundance of studies that show that PSK, used in Asia for cancer patients since the 1970s, stimulates a number of components of the human immune system. It is known as a biological response modifier or BRM.
BRMs have the potential to improve the “host versus tumor response,” which essentially means that they increase the ability of a person with cancer (the “host”) to defend themselves against tumor progression [3]. It has taken years of studying PSK and PSP to validate just some of the ways in which they work in the body.
8 of the Best Health Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushrooms
All backed by research, here are 8 of the best turkey tail mushroom benefits for human health.
#1. Provides Antioxidant Protection
Antioxidants are important because they help to reduce or buffer the damage caused by free radicals and oxidative stress. Free radical damage can compromise the function of otherwise healthy cells, including the DNA.
Over time, free radical damage can increase your risk of developing chronic health problems. By eating plenty of foods rich in antioxidants, however, you can offset damage by free radicals. Turkey tail contain a significant amount of antioxidants. One 2017 study [4] found 38 different antioxidant compounds known as phenols and flavonoids in a sample of Trametes versicolor.
#2. Supports the Immune System
Turkey tail mushrooms are incredibly beneficial for the human immune system. The abundant antioxidants mentioned above act to support the immune system by reducing inflammation and stimulating the release of cytokines (chemical messengers) that are involved in immune system regulation and communication.
Turkey tail have other immune functions as well. Dendritic cells, the main activators of the immune system are prodded into action. Natural killer cells and lymphocyte-activated killer (LAK) cells are activated, and they scour the body for cancer cells and viruses.
Macrophages, which protect the body against pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria and other harmful substances are promoted. TNF-a (tumor necrosis factor alpha) and other cytokines are stimulated or inhibited, which regulate the function of immune cells.
As noted above, Trametes versicolor are immunomodulatory, meaning they can dampen down an over-reacting immune system, or boost immunity if it is low [5-8].
#3. Fights Against Pathogenic Bacteria
Turkey tail mushrooms are frequently used to battle infections, including those associated with influenza or the common cold. They can do more than this, however. They are powerful against both gram-positive and gram-negative pathogenic bacteria like golden staph (Staphylococcus aureus), a well-known antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria currently plaguing hospitals, nursing homes, and other healing environments.
Golden staph likes to live in the upper respiratory tract and on the skin. It is extremely virulent and can result in death if it gets deeper inside the body and is not treated quickly enough.
Salmonella enteritidis is a gram-negative pathogen which turkey tail can also help to eradicate. [9]. This bug, caused by eating contaminated food, can make you feel absolutely rotten. Symptoms include stomach cramps, diarrhea, bloody stools, fever, chills, headache, and vomiting.
Turkey tail is effective because of its abundance of antioxidants and polysaccharides, which link up with the proteins and cell walls of bacteria, disrupting microbial membranes and inhibiting energy metabolism in the bacteria. This effectively creates havoc for the pathogen and kills it [9].
#4. Defends Against Abnormal Cell Growth
Turkey tail mushrooms are well-studied for their anti-cancer effects. In fact, they have been utilized in Asia since the 1970s for use with cancer patients. Studies show that they have the following anti-cancer effects:
- promoting apoptosis (programmed cell death, a process absent in cancer cells) and inhibiting tumor growth [6]
- inhibiting enzymes known as metalloproteinases involved in the metastasis (spread) of cancer cells [10]
- may protect tissues from the toxicity of chemotherapy and radiation, and may also help prevent second malignancies due to the carcinogenic effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy [5]
- as an adjuvant to chemotherapy, improving both survival and disease-free survival of patients with cancer [7]
- may inhibit carcinogenesis (the rise of cancer) by inhibiting the action of carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) on vulnerable cells [5]
- working synergistically with chemotherapy drugs to increase their cancer-killing effect [6]
- protecting tissues against the toxic effects of radiation [6]
One Woman’s Experience with Turkey Tail Mushrooms
One 2012 study [11] discussed the experience of an 83-year-old woman diagnosed with Stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. She was considered too old for a mastectomy or radiation and given only three months to live. She had a remarkable result with Trametes versicolor.
Combined with chemotherapy, the turkey tail boosted her immune system and increased the effectiveness of the chemotherapy. The patient was still alive and disease-free five years later.
Other Notable Research Studies for Turkey Tail Mushroom and Cancer
A small 2012 clinical trial [12] involving 11 participants with breast cancer found that turkey tail had a significant effect on key components of their immune system. It increased white blood cells, natural killer cells, CD8 T-cells, and CD19 B-cells. Researchers in this study noted that up to 9 grams (9,000 mg) of Trametes versicolor per day was well tolerated.
A 2017 meta-analysis of 23 clinical trials [13] involving 10,684 patients with gastrointestinal cancer found that polysaccharide K (PSK) treatment significantly increased the overall survival of the patients in years one through five, and even beyond that. They also found that there were significant increases in disease-free survival from years one through seven, with no side effects.
IMPORTANT NOTE: While it is not suggested to try and heal cancer using turkey tail mushroom alone, when used in combination with other therapies it may prove beneficial for cancer patients. If you have cancer, or suspect that you do, always consult with a qualified physician for appropriate treatment.
#5. Inhibits Viruses
Several studies have found that PSK has anti-viral action. It has been used for its ability to inhibit HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, the virus associated with AIDS) [14]. Turkey tail mushroom has also been found to be beneficial for HPV (human papillomavirus, a sexually-transmitted infection) in preliminary clinical trials [15].
#6. Promotes Beneficial Gut Bacteria
The importance of prebiotics and gut health has come to the forefront over the past several years. As a reminder, prebiotics act as “food” for probiotics – the beneficial gut bacteria that help to keep us well.
Prebiotics modulate the human gut microbiome and help inhibit several health conditions including diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Mushrooms are especially beneficial for helping to improve the microbiome of the gut as they are super-special prebiotics [16-18].
#7. May Improve Athletic Performance
Despite a lack of studies on Trametes versicolor and athletic performance, many athletes and people who demand a lot out of their bodies are reporting that supplementing with turkey tail helps them, over time, to improve energy levels and to bounce back from rigorous exercise more easily.
One preliminary animal study reported that turkey tail mushroom “has beneficial effects on performance improvement and anti-fatigue activity, and thus has great potential… [19]”
#8. Improves Insulin Resistance
Medicinal mushrooms have been studied for the various modes of action they have with regard to protecting against diabetes. They seem to act in several different ways, including inhibiting the absorption of glucose (sugar), protection of the beta cells of the pancreas, promotion of insulin release, enhancement of antioxidants, countering inflammation, and modulation of various metabolic pathways that involve the control of glucose in and out of cells.
Turkey tail mushrooms have been investigated for their anti-diabetic properties and effects on insulin-resistant cells in animal studies. In two studies [20, 21] researchers found that turkey tail significantly reduced blood glucose levels and influenced enzymes and genes associated with development of diabetes and insulin resistance. Hopefully human trials will follow.
Look-Alike Mushrooms Are Not the Same as Turkey Tail
Be aware that there are mushrooms that look quite similar to turkey tail. They are even called “false turkey tail” (botanical name Stereum ostrea). Also referred to as “golden curtain crust,” these are look-alike mushrooms, but they do not have the same therapeutic properties as Trametes versicolor. They tend to be a little more reddish in color than turkey tail. They do contain some therapeutic compounds but should not be confused with true turkey tail.
It is always a good idea to purchase your turkey tail mushrooms and extracts from a trusted organic grower/supplier who tests for quality and purity in their products.
7 Mushrooms from Organixx contains 7 of nature’s most powerful mushrooms for anti-aging, longevity, and immune support. Using centuries-old knowledge of the power of nutritional mushrooms and our breakthrough new formulation process we’ve unleashed the power of mushrooms in a way never before done.
